Big conferences to get autonomy in new model

1:14 AM,
Dec. 12, 2013

NCAA president Mark Emmert speaks at a news conference for the Final Four on April 4 in Atlanta.

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Nicole Auerbach
| USA TODAY Sports

NCAA president Mark Emmert said he believes a new NCAA governance model could be in place as early as next summer.

Emmert, speaking Wednesday at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, discussed potential changes to the governance structure, along the lines of what athletic directors and conference commissioners have outlined.

Generally speaking, the format would give the Big 5 conferences - ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC - more autonomy in decision-making and authority in other areas. ...